Shelter costs drove a modest CPI increase, while investors weigh data reliability and the Fed's next move.
Calls come as weak labor market figures roll in.
Fed could get new policy hawk who would love to remould the bank.
Signs of a faltering American economy and growing support for easier policy rates at the Fed are swaying fixed-income investors.
Low active success rates highlight the need for selectivity, report says.
Tariff shocks and a weak July jobs report triggered an inauspicious start to August, sparking volatility across the equity and bond markets.
The junk debt market is looking hot for the summer as a drought in buyouts and demand for floating-rate debt work in issuers' favor.
Hiring slows in July as downward revisions and rising unemployment rate strengthen the case for a Federal Reserve rate cut.
President Donald Trump, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and two Federal Reserve governors have all raised concerns questioning the central bank's leadership.
Surging delinquencies on such consumer debt, as well as problems in the housing market, raise the stakes for the Fed's next move on interest rates.
Wealth managers weigh in on their fixed income positioning ahead of this week's FOMC meeting.
President Donald Trump's call to force rates down 300 basis points would produce far less than his hoped-for $1 trillion in savings, analysts say.
The market reaction was muted following earlier reports of the president taking steps against the Fed chair soon in a closed-door meeting with Republicans.
Despite a positive US market outlook, analysts at the alternative giant counselled increased international exposure as bigger deficits and geopolitical uncertainty take hold.
The latest federal data show the CPI increasing 2.7% over the previous 12 months, outpacing the 2.4% May figure and raising questions around the impact of trade uncertainty.
The trajectory for the US economy has shifted as each quarter of 2025 ticks by.
Report says bond investing's challenges mean active is likely to remain key.
Slowing distributions in private equity are pushing the stealthily wealthy elite to look deeper into the alternative credit space.
Yields on longer-maturity government bonds rose slightly as the Treasury looks to auction $22 billion of 30-year debt.
"Considerable uncertainty" around timing, size, and duration of tariffs' potential impacts divides Federal Reserve officials.
